I have been to this place numerous times. It is located behind the cotton gin in the middle of Mercer. There is a small dirt road that leads into the woods. You will come across a small hump in the road where the old tracks supposedly were many years ago.
The local legend says that many years ago a young boy was killed on the tracks by a train. The tracks are no longer there, but if you sit in the spot where the tracks were you will see the light from the train coming through the woods and it will move through your car as if it were still traveling down the track.
After many visits, we did see a light in the woods moving towards us. I cannot say if it will actually pass through your vehicle because we did not stay put to find out.
I must say, this is one of the few places that I have visited where I have actually seen something.
i have lived right across the street from where you are talking about my whole life
so is there a gate up now or not,ive been down the road but was on 4wheeler
I have not went to check personally, but from what my readers are saying I am assuming that there is a gate up and the trail cannot be accessed.
I have some friends who have witnessed it also. From what I was told by them, some of them waited in the truck and watched the light come up to the truck and go around it. That was a few years ago when that happened. I was told you can only get to it by 4-wheelers now.
there is a street that runs up beside the gin, called washington ave. i think. if you turn on that street, there’s a dirt road about 5 seconds down on the left. it’s blocked off by a gate, though, but it’s the only dirt road behind the gin that i could find. is this the right one?
i think it may be, because from the road you can see that there is a visible clearing in the woods with a hilly hump that looks exactly like it used to be train tracks. i’m not sure, though. there are no-trespassing signs on the gate. f so that sucks because i’d like to go out there, but not if im risking a trespassing charge.
That would be it. I had heard that it was now off limits and this confirms it.